Donald Trump has ordered a crackdown on WilmerHale, a law firm with ties to the prosecutor who investigated allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, as he widens an attack on elite US legal groups.
The president on Thursday directed government agencies to terminate contracts with WilmerHale, suspend its security clearances and curb the access of its staff to federal buildings.
Trump said the firm — where former special counsel Robert Mueller was once a partner — was “yet another law firm that has abandoned the profession’s highest ideals and abused its pro bono practice to engage in activities that undermine justice and the interests of the United States”.